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Posted by on April 26, 2008, 4:58 pm
> don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) wrote:
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>> Hogs get fat from high calorie intake. Keep in mind that when the low
>> carb craze was expanding, America's waistlines and diabetes rates
>> continued expanding.
>>
> But that is a function of market share than anything else. The low
>carb "craze" still did not come close to involving even a plurality of
>the entire citizenry or even large minority. Never have seen a
>study/survey, etc., indicating that more than 20% or so of obese (or
>even just overweight)) Americans were on ANY diet. So, the amount of
>newsprint generated by a diet, doesn't really have any correlation with
>how many people are on it.
You could see the change by observing what was on supermarket shelves and
changes in labeling. It has been pretty dramatic. These days, supermarket shelf
space is very tightly controlled. If something doesn't sell, it disappears
pretty fast.
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